Chelsea, MA – The Architectural Team (TAT) has announced strategic promotions for four of its team members. The newly promoted leaders include Thomas Schultz, AIA, NCARB, CPHC, who has been named a principal, as well as Elizabeth Peabody, AIA, NCARB; Venket R. Holi, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP, CPHC; and Matthew Duggan, AIA; all of whom have been named associate at the firm.
In their respective new roles, Schultz, Peabody, Holi, and Duggan will continue their project-based contributions alongside greater operational, business development, design, and mentorship responsibilities.
In more than two decades at TAT, Schultz has led design and project management for over 3 million sq. ft. of built projects in New England. He specializes in multifamily housing design, urban infill development, senior living, and adaptive reuse project types, and his experience includes work for national developers including Lennar, Toll Brothers, Hines, Davis, and Greystar.
In his new role, Schultz will take on expanded managerial, mentorship, and client relationship responsibilities. He will remain directly involved in the planning and design process for key projects at the firm.
Peabody has extensive experience in the design field and as a project manager, and has been with TAT for more than a decade. Her skills include managing a wide range of multifamily, senior, and assisted living project types, from conceptual design through all phases of construction, and her expertise includes construction administration.
In her expanded role as an associate, Peabody will play a pivotal role in guiding quality assurances/quality control initiatives, fostering client relationships, and nurturing a firm culture of engagement.
An architect at the firm, Holi has nearly two decades of project design experience. Representatives of TAT say he is known for his adept problem-solving capabilities and his thoughtful approach to design leadership. In addition to his project work at TAT, he has served as a zoning board member for the town of Arlington, Mass.
As an associate, Holi will continue to help the firm create innovative design solutions for clients, expand his mentorship responsibilities for emerging talent, and take on expanded internal management and design quality assurance/quality control responsibilities.
Since joining TAT in 2006, Duggan has played a major role in many of the firm’s most significant new construction, renovation, and historic adaptive reuse initiatives. He is one of TAT’s most experienced project managers, and his expertise spans a diverse range of work, from historic preservation tax credit applications to the zoning codes that drive an increase in innovative transit-oriented, mixed-use developments.
In his new role, Duggan will continue to advance mentorship programs within the firm, actively engage in business development initiatives, and expand client relationships and design sectors.
